Hermann Stuckmann

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)


Successes
1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 2,938 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 10,048 GRT
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,625 tons

Born  2 Jan 1921 Wuppertal-Barmen
Died  18 Aug 1944(23)Bay of Biscay


Hermann Stuckmann

Ranks

16 Sep 1939 Offiziersanwärter
1 Feb 1940 Seekadett
1 Jul 1940 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

15 May 1942 Iron Cross 2nd Class
15 May 1942 U-boat War Badge 1939
18 Nov 1942 Iron Cross 1st Class
11 Aug 1944 Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-316 5 Aug 1943 4 May 1944   No war patrols 
U-621 15 May 1944 18 Aug 1944  (+)  3 patrols (52 days) 

Hermann Stuckmann began his naval career shortly after the start of the war, in September 1939. He got his basic training on the school ship Schleswig Holstein and took part in the occupation of Denmark in April 1940. In July 1941 he was attached to the U-boat force and served as watch officer for more than a year on U-571 under the command of Kptlt. Helmut Möhlmann.

He left U-571 in May 1943 and three months later commissioned the type VIIC boat U-316, which he commanded until May 1944 as a school boat in the Baltic Sea. In May 1944 he took command of the combat boat U-621 and fought in summer 1944 against the Allied landing ships in the English Channel. During these patrols he sank two landing ships.

Hermann Stuckmann died when U-621 was sunk with all hands on 18 August, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle by depth charges from Canadian destroyers (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.

Patrol info for Hermann Stuckmann

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-621 6 Jun 1944  Brest  23 Jun 1944  Brest  Patrol 1,18 days
2. U-621 15 Jul 1944  Brest  11 Aug 1944  Brest  Patrol 2,28 days
3. U-621 13 Aug 1944  Brest  18 Aug 1944  Sunk  Patrol 3,6 days
3 patrols, 52 days at sea

Ships hit by Hermann Stuckmann

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
15 Jun 1944U-621Hermann Stuckmann USS LST-133 (d.)1,625amEPL-8
29 Jul 1944U-621Hermann Stuckmann HMS Prince Leopold2,938br
30 Jul 1944U-621Hermann Stuckmann Ascanius (d.)10,048brEBC-54
 14,611

1 ship sunk (2,938 tons) and 2 ships damaged (11,673 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs

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German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

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